Korean Golf

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With membership fees in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, clubhouses designed by star architects and troupes of attentive young female caddies - golf is the ultimate statement of wealth in South Korea - and business is booming. Monocle's correspondent Danielle Demetriou talks about her journey around South Korea's most coveted golf courses.

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